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OpenUK Report

State of Open: The UK in 2021

Download OpenUK Report Phase Three

97% of UK companies surveyed use open source and 89% are running open
source software.

Download OpenUK Report Phase Two

 

UK is Europe's number one contributor to open source software and
open source contributes up to PS43.1bn pa to GDP

Download OpenUK Report Phase One

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State of Open Phase Three

Key findings:

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This Report has been produced on behalf of OpenUK by Smoothmedia.
Jennifer Barth Research Director, Smoothmedia.

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State of Open Phase Two

Survey undertaken across UK Business and Industry in Q2, 2021, with
output and case studies.

Key Findings:97% Of UK Organisations Use Open Source technologies and
89% run opens source software, According To OpenUK Survey; 53% of
non-tech organisations contribute to open source software projects; 
77% of UK public sector looks to open source for skills development;
and Just over half (54%) have written policies and processes for open
source contributions 

According to the report's research, the vast majority of respondents
(89%) run open source software internally in their business, while
approximately two thirds (65%) contribute to open source software
projects. This demonstrates the commitment that the UK has to 
contributing to open source, either through leading projects that are
used internationally or by helping international projects to improve.

The main reasons for adopting open source were cited as saving on
costs (75%), more collaboration (72%), skill development (64%), the
quality of code (61%) and security (52%). 

Phase Two has been sponsored by GitHub.

State of Open: The UK in 2021, Phase 2 and Survey interview of Dr
Jennifer Barth by OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock

State of Open: The UK in 2021, Phase 2

Case Studies

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State of Open Phase One

Literature overview of the State of Open, using existing materials
including the soon to be published European Commission report,
Harvard and Linux Foundation, CNCF, IBM and Red Hat Cloud reports and
Tidelift report along with interviews.

Key Findings: The UK is a centre of excellence in open source
software;  open source software contributes up to PS43.1billions to
the UK economy; and the UK is Europe's number one contributor and one
of the biggest contributors to open source software in the world.

Phase One was sponsored by GitHub, Open Invention Network and SUSE.

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About Smoothmedia

Smoothmedia looks beyond the surface and behind the curtain of the
fundamental innovations and trends shaping our society, markets,
culture, and values.

Smoothmedia's mission is to share and grow knowledge about everyday
lives. We want to understand the past, present, and future of human
interaction with emerging technologies and socioeconomic changes--from
behaviour to context, nature to nurture, origin to experiences--so we
can help our clients engage their clients and the public imagination.

Dr. Jennifer Barth

Dr Jennifer Barth is an experienced ethnographer and social
researcher, with a DPhil from the University of Oxford. Her work is
informed by empirical research on the intersections of emerging
technologies and socioeconomic change. She provides companies with
thought leadership and media engagement opportunities on global
issues impacting and shaping our current and future socio-cultural
lives.

Phase Two of our report is sponsored by:

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